March Newsletter
Happy April! Last month’s headlines were difficult to keep track of, as it was a constant whiplash between good, bad, and terrible news. There is no doubt that we are living through times that will be burned into the global memory. Without our community members who serve as trusted journalists, brave activists, and fierce civil…
February Newsletter
Anyone who saw even a single headline last month should understand why February’s news took extra time to compile and verify. With the hindsight of writing this summary in March, the month of February was a violent escalation of shock and awe and human rights violations. It makes me queasy to think about what March…
January Newsletter
The headlines, footage, and stories we heard this past month were overwhelming. When I started archiving the news, one month at a time, I dreaded the arrival of a month like this. A month that opened with the kidnapping of a foreign president, darkened by multiple filmed murders at the hands of the State, and…
December Newsletter
December was quite the month… It’s months like these that make me appreciate all of the archivists and journalists working to document the actions of our rogue government a little extra. Thanks to a slow recovery from a nasty case of the “super flu” and the sheer number of unbelievable headlines I had to fact…
November Newsletter
Happy December! I won’t lie to you, last month was painful to write about, and even more painful to experience from the front row seat as an unemployed “DEI worker” in Washington DC. Despite this, there were headlines that brought me immense hope and, dare I say, even made me feel proud to be an…
October Newsletter
Happy November! The headlines last month felt like a bizarre nightmare but I keep my sanity by absorbing news one month at a time. Last month was spooky for many reasons, but the most chilling scares have been the actions of this administration during the ongoing government shutdown. As a self-employed digital rights activist living…
September Newsletter
Welcome to my very first independent newsletter! Headlines can often feel like a blur of slop, especially when our federal government is being run by known political grifters. To maintain my sanity, I prefer to collect and analyze headlines over the course of a full month. This helps me to track overall trends regarding information…
